June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
Day of death December 13, 1791
The temperature on December 13, 1791 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Steven E Ransbottom, "Family Tree Ransbottom", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/family-tree-ransbottom/P630.php : accessed May 22, 2024), "Dorothy van Kirk (1734-1791)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.